Job Opportunity at NMB Bank PLC Senior Specialist; Database Administration
Job Overview
Position:Senior Specialist; Database Adminstration
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NMB Bank PLC
Job Location :
Head Office, Hq
Job Purpose:
Installation, configuration and maintenance of multiple high-available database models.
Support implementation projects which mostly includes migration of databases to other platforms.
Administer, proactively monitor and troubleshoot 24×7 production environment database servers and associated infrastructure.
Main Responsibilities:
Provide recommendations on database architecture, design and implementations.
Designs and implements policies and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.
Technical leadership responsibilities of database projects across various teams in the organization.
Ensuring availability of all organization databases.
Implement and proactively monitor all databases to predict and diagnose the majority of problems before they impact application performance or user experience.
Monitor and report on resource intensive applications and suggest ways to improve performance.
Conduct performance tuning of database, troubleshooting, and capacity planning of disk space, memory and connections.
Take ownership of issues, work independently or escalate as needed, and find creative ways to resolve problems.
Manage and maintain vendor relationships for service, support, and troubleshooting issues.
Provide training and documentation for knowledge transfer to other database team members.
Knowledge and Skills:
In-depth knowledge of database management (Installation, creation of new instances, space management, database reorganization, backup and recovery, performance monitoring and troubleshooting, identification of bottlenecks in locks, waits).
Strong working knowledge of databases with relevant certifications.
Good understanding of security standards and best practices.
Maintaining high-availability database environments
Troubleshooting and performance tuning.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Oracle Database Machine Administration (DMA) skills.
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance and Exadata Storage Administration.
Technical documentation skills.
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science or any other related discipline.
Relevant professional certifications including Oracle 12C Certified Professional (OCP) or higher.
5 years of Database Administration experience in Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Maria DB, Postgress or other commercial/open-source database platforms.
Experience with migrating mission critical database environments from one platform to another.
Experience working with high availability, disaster recovery and server tuning strategies
Experience with Replication, Log Shipping, Change Data Capture and Database Mirroring.
Experience in Operating Systems administration; Linux, Unix, Solaris and Windows.
NMB Bank Plc is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Senior Specialist; Database Administration Job Opportunity at NMB Bank PLC
Job opening date : 30-Jun-2022
Job closing date : 14-Jul-2022
